Wanna get a headache? Go type “html book titles italic em” into Google and read for about 15 minutes. What you’re looking at is an intense debate over the best way to mark up a book title using HTML. I’ll save you some time and tell you that after several hours, my conclusion is that you should use the <cite> element for book titles. If that’s all you need, then feel free to save yourself the trouble of reading the rest of this, but if you’re curious about the logic, read on for an explanation.

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